Why the 2024 Texans Offense Will Be Even More Explosive Than Previous

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Texans tight end Dalton Schultz spoke on why this offense in 2024 could be even more explosive than in 2023.

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00:00You probably won't see the ones, but you'll get to see some of this offense that looks

00:05like it's going to be one of the best in the league.

00:08A lot of people, both locally and at the national level, have high expectations for the Texans

00:16offense.

00:17Here's Dalton Schultz talking about why he thinks this offense could be even more explosive

00:26than it was last year.

00:28Whenever you have vertical threats, teams drop deeper.

00:33Linebackers, now their hook drops are 12 yards instead of 8.

00:37It affects everything.

00:39When they feel that vertical push, the guys are trying to stay on top.

00:43When you've got two burners, when you add Nico to that mix, the three guys can stretch

00:47the field, man.

00:49It opens up stuff underneath sometimes in certain coverages.

00:52Honestly, it creates space for us in the backs.

00:56I love having it because playing our defense is hard in practice because they're in your

01:01hip all the time, whether they're zone or man.

01:03It's frustrating.

01:05You get to some games, and teams are just spot drop, and you feel that space.

01:10It's very beneficial, for sure.

01:12Why did that get you so football-horned?

01:18Because it's real.

01:19It's spot on.

01:20It's from a player that's inside the locker room that knows the playbook like the back

01:24of his hand, and is a very, very good pass-catching tight end.

01:28First of all, the source, I think, makes it real.

01:31It just confirms a lot of what, hell, we talked about yesterday, to be honest, where your

01:34team's defenses won't be able to suffocate this offense the way that they did at times

01:38last year.

01:39You can think back to the Atlanta game and how they treated this offense and ended up

01:43winning that ballgame.

01:44Nonetheless, the source, I think, is huge.

01:48It confirms some of the conversations that we've had over the last couple of days.

01:52I think if you ... We've talked a lot about Diggs.

01:56We've talked a lot about Laramie Tunsil.

01:57We've talked a lot about C.J. Stroud.

01:59We've talked a lot about Joe Mixon, and all these pieces that they're adding.

02:02It really doesn't mean a damn thing.

02:06You look at the team as a whole, the offense as a whole, and what happens because you added

02:12those players, in particular, we're talking about Diggs, and the emergence of Tank Dell

02:16and Nico Collins.

02:17What happens?

02:18What does it mean?

02:20What does it mean?

02:21We can sit here and talk about, well, defenses don't have the ability to suffocate the Texans

02:25the way that they did last year.

02:26What does that mean?

02:27Dalton Schultz just told you.

02:30Not only did Dalton Schultz just tell you that the threat of those three guys and how

02:34explosive they are is going to force not only safeties back, defensive coordinators to plan

02:40and keep safeties back, but you're middle of the road to bad teams in this league are

02:47literally going to do what he said and spot drop at 12 yards instead of eight and just

02:51give Dalton Schultz those underneath catches.

02:55The other reason is because we as fans can watch the games and we can see exactly what

02:59Dalton Schultz is talking about.

03:01From the Hall of Fame game against the Bears, all the way up to this last preseason game

03:07against the Giants, the tight ends have absolutely ate with that first unit.

03:13Him and Brevin.

03:14Tegan Quattoriano, remember Tegan and what's my Kate Stover, Kate Stover, I mean, all those

03:19guys were just like, and these are preseason games.

03:22So like I said, the Hall of Fame game was very vanilla, but the point is very, very

03:27valid.

03:28And I just think when it's coming from inside the walls from a player that's actually executing

03:33it all, I think it's big, man.

03:38It's really big.

03:39That is what all the conversations about the added weapons and yada, yada, yada, all the

03:44year two in Bobby Slowick's offense.

03:46What does it mean?

03:47What does it matter is exactly what he just said.

03:50There is so much space underneath for the tight end.

03:53You're either going to take a ton of risk and put these put DBS on an island with either

03:57Nico tank or, or, or digs, or you're going to play soft as hell and just give them like

04:03just play catch underneath with, with, with your, your tight ends, your running backs

04:07and your underneath receivers.

04:08And so it's just the real of it.

04:11And the source of it, Ron is big.

04:14Well, as we know, and I think the league knows that CJ also he's big play.

04:21Like he'll take, he'll take what he needs to take, but he is also not afraid of going

04:25for the big play.

04:27And with that threat of the guys on the outside and his willingness to go downfield and, and,

04:34and try to get the big play opens up all of that space in the, in the middle of the field.

04:41And it is because, you know, teams are going to go into this saying, I'm gonna, all right,

04:47we're just not going to let you get big plays on us.

04:49Like we're, we're, we're not going to get you where you, you're going to kill us.

04:53You're going to have to, you're going to have to methodically work yourself down the field.

04:56We're not going to just give up big, big plays.

05:00And I think CJ is a key to that one.

05:02He is, he, he will damn sure threatened the ball down the field, but to CJ ain't forcing

05:10it.

05:11At least that's what we've seen in his first year.

05:13He will certainly take all of that stuff and, and Dalton Schultz can eat, but in particular

05:19with Brevin Jordan, he's, he's one, he's one move from being out the gates and that like,

05:27yeah, he's getting, he's getting some, some cushion.

05:31We saw it last year.

05:32I mean, he's, he's, I'm not saying he's going to go for 70, but he is a big play away waiting

05:37to happen with all of that extra space that he has.

05:40So you think about Joe Mixon too, is really good in the past game.

05:43I mean, we've seen cam acres be effective in the past game.

05:46Brevin Jordan, you mentioned Dalton Schultz.

05:48You mentioned, I mean, Cade Stover has been really, really good.

05:50So I mean, it's just one of those deals, man, where when you look at it, it's, it's just

05:55so simple, but that's, that's the beauty of football, man.

05:59If you get the, if you get guys that are that explosive and you've got a quarterback that'll

06:03just be patient and commit to taking that, what he calls boring stuff, man, it can be

06:08powerful.

06:09Now there's another conversation to be had.

06:10I know right now is not the time.

06:11There's another, another conversation to be had off of, uh, off adult and Schultz comments.

06:16Uh, if it, if it opens it up that much for the underneath tight ends and running back,

06:20it was like, this is a conversation we've been kind of having about that run game, right?

06:24I mean, it's, it's proof and it's, and it's, uh, like real substance to say, well, this

06:30offensive line that you've invested so much money in should have, should, should, should,

06:34should benefit from that same thing that the tight ends and the underneath routes do.

06:37So, um, well, we, that, that, that needs to be had as well.

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